Throughlines Understanding Goals come in levels or sizes. Throughlines are the overarching level. They orient all the inquiries about all the Generative Topics a class engages with over a year or a course.
Throughlines(Overarching Understanding Goals) (Bold indicated emphasis in the Colonial Biography unit)
- A.How does land shape human culture?
B.How do people think about the land?
C.How do people change the land? - A.How do we find out the truth about things that happened long ago and/or far away?
B.How do we see through bias in sources? - A.Why did some cultures colonize when other cultures didn't?
B.What were the attitudes of different nations toward colonization? - A.What keeps peoples of different cultures from living/working successfully together?
B.What helps overcome these difficulties? - How do we look at a culture?
- How do we discover central themes?
- How can you use multiple intelligences to approach your work?
- How can you connect your personal interests/passions/ideals to your schoolwork?
- How do elements of story connect to make bigger meanings?
- What are the strengths and limitations of different genres of writing?
- How are people today affected by decisions and/or events from the Colonial Period? (Or, what can we learn, how can we benefit, from the study of history? Why does it matter?)
- How does reflecting on your work and thinking help you understand?
